Datang: Begin with Li Shimin as a father

Chapter 149 Meeting Li Jing and Hong Fu Nu for the First Time
Li Shimin turned his head away!
Tears fell like rain in an instant.

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"Father, work hard, my son takes good care of you!"

"In this world, the common people are the most difficult. We must treat the common people kindly..."

"Father, there are steelyards between heaven and earth, and the weights are ordinary people..."

Li Gen's words kept echoing in Li Shimin's ears!
"it is good!"

"I will take back the money."

"The common people have worked hard all day, everyone, get up quickly, go home and have a good rest!"

Li Shimin wiped away his tears, turned his head, smiled and said loudly.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

The sound of Shan Hu and a tsunami resounded throughout Chang'an City.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

After watching the people get up, they continued to kowtow, cheered loudly and left.

What was left on the ground were piles of copper plates.

Li Shimin's mood could not be calm for a long time.

"Decree that before the people leave Chang'an City, the twelve city gates from east to west, north, south, and north must not be closed for the time being!"

"Today's curfew time has been postponed by half an hour!"

Li Shimin counted the time, and there was not much left before the curfew time.

"Your Majesty, I have never cried like a child like today!"

"Your Majesty loves the people like his own son, which is indeed a good story through the ages!"

Wei Zheng bowed his head and kowtowed in tears.

Li Shimin looked to the left and right, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others had red and swollen eyes.

"Everyone has worked hard, let's go home and rest!"

"Leave Dugu Yanyun, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, in charge of supervision, and put the money in the treasury!"

After listening to Li Shimin's words, all the officials saluted and retired.

Li Shimin and Dugu Yanyun explained a few words, and returned to the palace with Empress Changsun.

"Erlang, Guanyin servant girl is really happy for you!"

Boarding the emperor's car, the tears that Empress Changsun suppressed finally rolled down in big drops.

"Erlang devoted himself to serving the people, and finally got what he is today."

Li Shimin held Empress Changsun's hand and nodded with a smile.

He knew that what he had done was not enough.

Moreover, all of this has more than half of the credit in it.

this night.

Many are doomed to sleepless nights.

When Li Shimin and Empress Changsun were tossing and turning.

Inside the manor in the south of the city.

It is still a busy labor scene.

Even Wu Zhao was picking sweet potatoes in a bamboo basket.

Take a small piece from time to time, wipe the mud on the clothes vigorously, and then take a few mouthfuls happily.

The crunchy and sweet taste made the little girl's big eyes narrow.

Wu Zhao doesn't like to nibble on big sweet potatoes, and always feels that they are not as sweet as small ones.

"Everyone work harder, there is still more than an acre of land, and we will finish harvesting everything."

"The kitchen of the school and the kitchen of the manor have stewed large pieces of meat. After work is over, everyone will have a good meal!"

After hearing Li Gen's words, the young boys all jumped up and cheered!
It belongs to Cheng Chuliang and Yuchi Baoqi, who are the happiest.

However, the work of the two boys is really good.

No effort was spared!

Their hands were covered with bleeding blisters, and they didn't even bat an eyelid, as expected, they had inherited the ruthlessness of their parents.

"Master, Wu Zhao picked up another basket of sweet potatoes, isn't it amazing?"

"Wu Zhao is really good, much better than your sister Lele, sister Lele, I'm so tired that I don't want to move anymore!"

Changle is indeed tired, after all, he has lived a life of luxury since he was a child.

Although a few months ago, I also harvested sweet potatoes, but it took several days to harvest slowly.

Today I suddenly want to let all the harvest be completed, the little girl was quite energetic at first, but she will wilt after doing it!
When the whole piece of sweet potato is harvested.

Li Gen asked Chai Lingwu to lead the youths from the academy back first, and told them to sleep well after eating and drinking enough.

Zhao Si and Feng Wu led the people in the manor to store all the harvested sweet potatoes in the cellar.

Early the next day.

The teenagers who had been busy all day yesterday were alive and well one by one.

Li Gen canceled the morning run and asked everyone to carry all the sweet potato seedlings to the pig house, sheep house, cow house and stables.

At this moment, in Taiji Palace, Xiande Hall.

Li Shimin is receiving congratulations from the officials!

We had a bumper harvest of sweet potatoes yesterday.

The scene outside Suzaku's gate is well known to all officials!

Wei Zheng expressed his position with tears in his eyes, taking back what he had said.

Guilt!
Since then, it has become a passing cloud.

"My lords, although we have experienced severe drought and locust plagues this year, the problem of the common people's lack of food has been fundamentally resolved."

"I am so relieved, yesterday's [-] troops helped the common people harvest sweet potatoes, what an exciting scene it was!"

"Tuyuhun and Turkic raided my saltworks and blocked my salt passage. I think now I can start thinking about how to deal with them."

"Your Majesty Shengming, Your Majesty Shengming!"

All the officials are not good at it!
Even many civil servants are militants!

Of course, being warlike does not mean that they like to fight, but that they dare to fight the enemy.

Only after the alliance of Weishui.

A year has passed now.

In just one year, the officials suddenly discovered a problem.

Your Majesty is rich!
And there is a lot of money.

Many officials witnessed the scene outside Suzaku's gate yesterday.

Those money, if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes.

Never believe it, this is what His Majesty used to exchange for sweet potatoes from the common people.

If Li Shimin knew the thoughts of many officials at this moment, he would definitely laugh out loud.

That's just Lao Tzu's change.

A lot of gold and silver ingots can scare you to death!

Involved in the war!
The court meeting was held, and it lasted for two hours.

After discussion among the ministers, Li Shimin made careful consideration and decided to send Li Jing and Hou Jun together to send troops to Tuyuhun.

After cleaning up Tuyuhun, if the soldiers are strong and horses are strong, then clean up Jieli dog thief!

"The army will rest for a while. After ten days, I and all the officials will personally bid farewell to the soldiers."

"Your Majesty, please obey His Majesty's orders!"

All the officials left Xiande Hall with great fighting spirit.

Only Li Jing, who was about to take command of the expedition, stayed behind.

"Does the pharmacist have something to say?"

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Li Jing hesitated a little and said.

"Your Majesty, the pharmacist is going to the mountains and the road is far away. I don't know when I will return to Chang'an City. I want to go to the Zhuangyuan Academy to see the second son's virtue award."

Li Shimin said with a smile when he heard the words.

"Okay, after lunch, the pharmacist is free to go."

"However, if the Marquis of Lantian asks, the pharmacist must truthfully disclose the conquest of Tuyuhun."

"If he has suggestions, he might as well listen to them."

Li Jing agreed, and after Shi Li took his leave, Li Shimin immediately sent Li Junxian to bring the Supreme Emperor and Chang Le back to the palace.

After all, the two have lived in the manor for a while this time.

The first class in the afternoon was taught by Kong Yingda.

Li Gen then taught Wu Zhao his homework in the room.

Suddenly, four dogs barked and ran towards the gate of the manor.

Before Li Gen could leave the room, there was a sound of light coming from outside.

"Master Hou, there are two people outside. The man calls himself Dai Guogong Li Jing, and the woman calls herself Hongfu Nu. They come to pay a visit to Lord Hou!"

Li Gen listened.

Stride to go outside.

The Tang Army God and his wife came to visit, and it is exciting to think about it.

"Junior Li Gen, I have seen Duke Dai and his wife."

After walking out of the gate of the manor, Li Gen immediately saluted respectfully.

"Marquis Lantian, you are being polite. The old man and his wife came here today to ask for Marquis Lantian."

"Mr. Dai, please come inside."

Li Jing and Hong Fu Nu followed Li Gen to the manor.

The manor is very quiet, and it is indeed a good place for studying.

After entering the room, Wu Zhao greeted him warmly.

"Uncle Pharmacist, Aunt Hongfu, why are you here?"

"Hey, you are Xiao Zhao'er? Why are you in Lantian Hou's mansion?"

Li Jing's eyes widened in disbelief.

The last time the samurai Xun came to Chang'an City to plan, he brought Wu Zhao to Li Jing's mansion as a guest.

Unexpectedly, this little girl did not return to Jingzhou with the warrior Xun.

"Wu Zhao stayed to study with the teacher, so he didn't return to Jingzhou with his father."

Chunmei and Chunlan, serve the tea.

Li Gen warmly invited Li Jing and Hong Fu Nu to drink tea.

"Marquis Lantian, His Majesty has decided today that I will go out in command, and the soldiers will be sent to Tuyuhun in ten days."

"I don't know when I will be able to return to Chang'an City after this trip, so I brought Hongfu Girl with me, and I want to take a look at the child De Prize."

Li Jing took a sip of tea, put down the cup, and said.

"Duke Dai, why is Your Majesty so anxious to attack Tuyuhun?"

Li Gen was very puzzled and followed the historical trend.

The ninth year of Zhenguan was the year when Li Jing broke through Tuyuhun.

Even if it has been Zhenguan two years since the army arrived in Tuyuhun, that would be a full seven years earlier!

It's unscientific, it's unscientific!
It's not a fake Tang Dynasty that I traveled through, so there's no reason for this?

"Marquis of Lantian, I'm telling you the truth. Although there was severe drought and locust plagues this year, due to proper preparation, the grain production has not been reduced."

"The sweet potato seedlings presented to His Majesty by the Marquis of Lantian have completely solved the problem of eating for the common people."

"Three months ago, the Turks and Tuyuhun raided the Longyou Salt Fields, which interrupted the salt road in the north of the Tang Dynasty. It was Lantianhou who contributed the method of making salt, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable."

"Nowadays there was a big harvest of sweet potatoes yesterday, and the cellars of the people's homes can't store them at all. Your Majesty used money to buy the sweet potatoes from the people."

"As a result, last night, the common people spontaneously came to the Suzaku Gate and resolutely returned the money His Majesty paid for the sweet potatoes!"

"At that time, His Majesty and the Empress came to the gate of Suzaku in the emperor's car."

"People, Ulala fell to her knees and called out to Your Majesty in unison. The scene really made people cry."

"..."

Li Jing carefully explained what he witnessed last night.

Speaking of the old man's words, Li Gen was also quite moved.

"This morning, all the ministers congratulated His Majesty on the great harvest of sweet potatoes yesterday."

"Your Majesty believes that now that the army is strong and the morale is high, it is the best time to deal with Tuyuhun, and it is best to beat Tuyuhun when you come back, and beat the Jieli dog thief casually!"

Li Gen understood.

No wonder Li Jing said that all of this was related to him.

It seems that because of his appearance, many historical trajectories have been changed.

It's just that such a historical trajectory has changed, and I don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.

It is really unwise to conquer Tuyuhun in winter.

Because Tuyuhun is located in a severe cold place, they can adapt to the harsh climate, what about the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty?
"Duke Dai, is there any room for relaxation in this matter?"

After hearing Li Gen's words, Li Jing was very surprised.

But thinking of Li Shimin's explanation, he decided to continue to listen to what Lan Tianhou said.

"Is Lan Tianhou worried?"

"Duke Dai, this junior thinks this matter is quite questionable."

After hearing Li Gen's words, Li Jing's eyes narrowed.

"Lan Tianhou, but it's okay to say!"

"Since this is the case, this junior will dare to say a few words."

"Grand Duke Dai, far from the high road to Tuyuhun Mountain, when we arrived in Tuyuhun, it was also the cold winter season. Our army must be very tired after the long journey. The climate in Tuyuhun is completely different from Chang'an City. It is covered with snow all the year round and the north wind blows. It is blowing hard, and the temperature is very high and cold. I am afraid that our army will cause non-combat attrition before the battle begins."

What Li Gen said made Li Jing nod his head noncommittally.

"Secondly, since this Tuyuhun dared to raid our Longyou Salt Fields, we must have made preparations for our army to conquer them. Tuyuhun's natural terrain advantage makes it easy to defend and difficult to attack. If they have been on high alert and vigilant, it is absolutely impossible to conquer Tuyuhun now. Perfect timing."

Hearing this, Li Jing's eyes shot brightly, and he came straight to Li Gen.

Li Gen really felt what was real, and there was a murderous look in his eyes.

"Lan Tianhou, continue talking!"

Li Jing also felt that his eyes were too sharp, because the reason why he did so just now was that his eyes burst out with excitement because he discovered a military genius.

"Thirdly, Duke Dai also said just now that Tuyuhun and Turkic raided the Longyou Salt Field, causing the salt road to be interrupted. Have you ever thought about the possibility that Tuyuhun and Turkic were colluding?"

"If they conspired to do it, it wouldn't be just Tuyuhun who were secretly wary of our army."

"If our army starts to attack Tuyuhun, when the rear is empty, if the Turkic cavalry suddenly kills us..."

call!
As calm as Li Jing, he had to take a deep breath at this moment.

In this case, if it comes true.

The consequences were catastrophic.

His invincible record of Li Jing will be ruined!
"Marquis Lantian, is there a countermeasure?"

After all, Li Jing was a veteran of many battles, a God of War figure, no matter how shocked he was in his heart, his face quickly returned to normal.

"Duke Dai, this junior just said that the time has not yet come to conquer Tuyuhun. Even if we want to conquer Tuyuhun, the best policy is to destroy Turks first."

"This year and next two years, my land in Guanlong will experience severe drought, and next winter, Turkic will encounter a blizzard that has never happened in a century. This is a god-sent opportunity to win Turkic without bloodshed."

Hearing this, Li Jing raised his head and laughed loudly.

"Madam, go back with the old man."

When Hong Fu Nu heard this, her jaw almost dropped.

"Master, let's stop looking at the Virtue Award?"

Li Jing shook his head with a smile and said.

"Don't watch it, listen to Lan Tianhou's words today, and save the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty."

"The matter of conquering Tuyuhun, the old man thought, we can let it go for now!"

"The old man will report to His Majesty. His Majesty uses soldiers like a god. I believe His Majesty will make the right decision."

Li Jing got up and clasped his fists.

"Lan Tianhou, the old man bids farewell."

Li Gen kept sending Li Jing and Hong Fu Nu outside the manor.

After watching the two people's carriage go far away, they returned to the manor and walked to the school.

(End of this chapter)